February 2011
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For how long may we expect survivors? →
From my friends at the Science Media Centre. A number of factors are involved, including the design of the collapsed structure, search methods and hazardous materials.
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“The unique thing about the earthquake as well was that it vertically lifted the...”
– Steve McCarthy, Canterbury Council
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“You have got to be able to hear the noise and see the people and smell to really...”
– Greg O’Connor, president, New Zealand Police Association, on the aftermath of the Christchurch ’quake
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Christchurch: the aftermath, from one minute on →
This is Logan McMillan’s website. Logan is the Cantabrian who filmed the ’quake one minute after it hit, and has some amazing photographs on his site.
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“I saw some of them struggling to get a couple of the big blocks off. Not many...”
– Ahsei Sopoaga, Samoa-born Christchurch earthquake hero, who has been nicknamed ‘The Incredibro Hulk’ for lifting debris off a victim who later died of his injuries
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“But the vital thing is to get an accurate message to Americans, [Phil Keoghan]...”
– David Gadd: ‘Spirits “will not be crushed”’, Sunday Star–Times
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“He said to me, ‘Put your wallet away, take your cards out, put them in your...”
– Amber Cleverley, earthquake survivor in the Grand Chancellor Hotel, to TVNZ News
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“Among those presumed dead … is … Maysoon Abbas, a Baghdad-trained family doctor...”
– John M. Glionna: ‘In New Zealand, a centerpiece becomes a tomb’, Los Angeles Times
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“Police at Kapiti, in the North Island of New Zealand, said a man pretending to...”
– Paul Chapman and Peter Hutchison: ‘Christchurch earthquake: home of dead TV presenter Donna Manning burgled’, The Daily Telegraph
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“It’s frightening to think that 36,000 people left the city by plane in the first...”
– Kip Brook, ‘An update on Christchurch: five days on’, Lucire (via lucire)
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“Only in America can you be pro-death penalty, pro-war, pro-unmanned drone bombs,...”
– John Fugelsang (via andoneheadcanneverdie)
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“I have talked to experts who say they’ve worked on buildings like this overseas...”
– Supt. Russell Gibson, New Zealand Police, on the CTV building site in Christchurch
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“It was a choice between going out on to the street or getting under a doorway...”
– Tony Irwin, a British tourist in Christchurch on February 22
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How to recast Two and a Half Men
1. Emilio Estévez. Half the audience won’t even notice.
2. Martin Sheen. Set it in 2045. What happened to Charlie and Alan. With the kid around, it could be an Americanized Last of the Summer Wine.
Done. Charlie Sheen is gone, and the rest of the crew and CBS itself can continue to make money.
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The fall and fall of Charlie Sheen →
In 1991, my friend Philip and I remarked on the fall and fall of Charlie Sheen. That was 1991. The guy keeps finding new lows to sink to, and that is an accomplishment in itself.
The others will find work: Cryer, the Chuck Lorre team, etc. Lorre will likely create another hit show and that’s that. But surely that is it for Carlos Estévez.
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Christchurch earthquake
henrycooke:
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thishasnotalreadybeentaken:
LATEST: 9.03pm: A man has been arrested for impersonating a building inspector and asking to see people’s valuables in a bid to steal from them.
That’s disgusting.
As awful as nature can be, people have an amazing ability to be even worse.
This.
Sick freak. Sadly, there was worse yesterday, when Donna Manning’s home was burgled....
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Tim McNamara: Christchurch earthquake—how to help →
timclicks:
New Zealand has been hit by an event so severe that it has triggered something that used to be thought of as a theoretical possibility. A state of national emergency has been declared for the first time. We have several international USAR/US&R teams providing support. However, the city’s…
Passing this on from Tim.
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“I have been utterly shocked by the news of another earthquake in Christchurch....”
– HM Queen Elizabeth II to New Zealand PM, Rt Hon John Key 